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2014 V8 Supercars calendar confirmed without Texas race

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The 2014 V8 Supercars calendar has been confirmed, featuring 16 rounds with start on March 2nd at the Clipsal 500 Adelaide and season finale at the Sydney 500 on December 7th.

The major changes include the removal of the American race at Cirucit of the Americas and the return of Sydney Motorsport Park.

The American race has been removed due to a clash with an X Games event but the V8 Supercars organisers are confident for a return in 2015 and discussions with more tracks in America are ongoing.
“The timing of COTA securing the X Games next year led to the mutual agreement of a gap-year before consolidating, planning and returning to Texas in 2015. The first Austin 400 was an enormous success at all levels and a tremendous platform to build into the future; in conjunction with developing an extensive international strategy for 2015 and beyond,” said V8 Supercars CEO James Warburton.

Other news include moving the Winton 400 event from August to April, twilight races, which format will be revealed early next year, and a changed race format, as we have reported on before.
“We have the opportunity to continue with an entrepreneurial approach, with high levels of innovation and commitment to our fans. There is a chance to build on the energy and passion of the business created through the course of this year; taking it to the next level in 2014 and even further in 2015. We have had the period of consolidation, now is the time for innovation, growth and building for the next five to ten years,” said Warburton.

The Dunlop V8 Supercar series will be present at the same race weekends as this year, marked with DS in the calendar below.

2014 V8 Supercars Calendar

02/15 – sydney.com V8 Supercars Test Day – Syndey Motorsport Park*
03/02 – Clipsal 500 Adelaide – Adelaide Street Circuit**
03/16 – F1 Australian GP – Albert Park#
03/30 – Tasmania 400 – Symmons Plains Raceway***
04/06 – Winton 400 – Winton Motor Raceway**
04/27 – ITM 500 Auckland – Pukekohe Park Raceway***
05/18 – Perth 400 – Barbagallo Raceway**
06/22 – Skycity Triple Crown Darwin 400 – Hidden Valley Raceway***
07/06 – Townsville 500 – Reid Park**
08/03 – Coates Hire Ipswich 400 – Queensland Raceway**
08/24 – Sydney Motorsport Park 400 – Sydney Motorsport Park***
09/14 – Wilson Security Sandown 500 – Sandown Raceway****
10/12 – Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 – Mount Panorama*****
10/26 – Armor All Gold Coast 500 – Surfers Paradise****
11/16 – Philip Island 400 – Philip Island Circuit***
12/07 – Sydney 500 – Sydney Olympic Park**

Race Formats

* = Test Day
** = SuperStreet DS format
*** = SuperStreet format
**** = Pirtek Enduro Cup
***** = Pirtek Enduro Cup DS
# = TBA

DS = Dunlop V8 Supercar Series